By Leslie Bray Brewer
In the ’60s, the Beatles told us that “All You Need is Love.” A decade later, England Dan and John Ford Coley harmonized that “Love is the Answer.” I couldn’t tell you what folks were singing in the late ’80s or ’90s because I was too busy raising young’uns to sing anything but “Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?”
But I reckon somebody was surely keeping that love theme going. We surely need it now, don’t we?
One of my favorite Gospel music artists, Kirk Franklin, won the 2020 Grammy for Best Gospel Performance/Song with a tune I play regularly to lift my spirits, “Love Theory.” Strangely enough, I alternate that one with a little something from the O’Jays back in 1972: “Love Train.” I dream of an existence where “people all over the world join hands” to “start a love train.”
By Neill Caldwell neill.caldwell@thestokesnews.com
If you were watching Sunday’s Super Bowl on the local CBS affiliate and stuck it out to the end of the game, you might have been surprised to see a commercial about Stokes County.
“Stokes County State of Mind” was not a nationwide, multi-million dollar ad buy, but a regional commercial purchased with WFMY-TV that was mostly paid for with grant funding. It was the work of County Tourism Director Tory Mabe and a host of others.
Back in the fall, Mabe began applying for grants wuth the North Carolina Department of Travel and Tourism, and was able to secure more than $20,000 through COVID Cares funding.
By Neill Caldwell neill.caldwell@thestokesnews.com
Dollar General’s proposal to build a second store in downtown Walnut Cove was rejected by the town’s Planning Board last Thursday night.
WALNUT COVE The Planning and Zoning Board of the Town of Walnut Cove voted 3-1 last Thursday night to deny a developer a conditional use permit to build a Dollar General story on Main Street.
The quasi-judicial hearing on the permit request dragged on for more than five hours as both sides of the issue presented multiple witnesses.
The hearing was held at Willow Oak Baptist Church to accommodate the socially distanced crowd of concerned residents.
By Neill Caldwell neill.caldwell@thestokesnews.com
Dollar General’s proposal to build a second store in downtown Walnut Cove was rejected by the town’s Planning Board Thursday night.
WALNUT COVE The Planning and Zoning Board of the Town of Walnut Cove voted 3-1 Thursday night to deny a developer a permit to build a Dollar General store on Main Street.
The quasi-judicial hearing on the conditional use permit request dragged on for more than five hours as both sides of the issue presented multiple witnesses.
The hearing was held at Willow Oak Baptist Church to accommodate the socially distanced crowd of concerned residents.
It’s that time of year again. You know, the time when you start to dream about summer, hot days, long sunlit evenings and a cool drink while swinging on the…